Senior DevSecOps Engineer - Tech Lead

Real • Newark, CA

2d • $184,000 - $230,000 • Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer - Tech Lead to join our R&D DevOps & Security team at REAL. The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical leader, responsible for leading a team of DevOps and Security engineers to prioritize, schedule, and implement DevOps & Security tasks. This role requires you to be opinionated in the direction that DevOps & Security practices are going, make practical recommendations, and take the initiative for the long-term health of the infrastructure and security posture.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Hands-on experienced DevOps engineer with at least 5 years of experience as an individual contributor and at least 2 years of experience as a team lead
• In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• In-depth knowledge of AWS and cloud networking.
• Demonstrated hands-on security experience: IAM/least-privilege, secrets management, vulnerability management, and security scanning (SAST/DAST/SCA).
• Significant experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Experienced with performance monitoring tools such as Datadog and have a strong understanding of infrastructure and application performance metrics.
• Experience with the Java programming language.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) is nice to have.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate our AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes/EKS clusters, GitOps pipelines (ArgoCD/Helm), and CI/CD (TeamCity)
• Write and own infrastructure-as-code across both Terraform and AWS CDK, setting reusable, well-tested, peer-reviewed patterns.
• Build and enhance our security posture, including topics such as: least-privilege IAM, secrets management, vulnerability and patch management, dependency/supply-chain (SCA) and code (SAST/DAST) scanning, and shifting security left into the developer workflow.
• Analyze performance and other observability metrics using tools like Datadog to assess the health of our infrastructure, spot regressions and bottlenecks, and drive improvements.
• Lead a team of DevOps and Security engineers to prioritize, schedule, and implement DevOps & Security-related tasks.
• Help lead the overall technical vision and strategy for all things DevOps & Security.
• Discuss with and educate other team members in DevOps methodology, design, and best practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior